On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 4:18 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> wrote: > > On Sun, 15 Aug 2010 21:01:04 -0700, Carey Tilden wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 6:43 PM, bvdp <b...@mellowood.ca> wrote: >> >>> Not to belabor the point .. but "func" is not a standard lib module. >>> It's part of a much larger application ... and in that application it >>> makes perfect sense to terminate the application if it encounters an >>> error. I fail to see the problem with this. Why would an APPLICATION >>> raise a error or not exit to the system? >> >> For me, the main reason is to ensure the application has only one exit >> point. There's only one spot to maintain the code for closing files, >> cleaning up network connections, displaying errors to the user, etc. > > You mean all the things that Python's garbage collector already does for > you?
Are you actually disagreeing with the point or just poking fun at my examples? If the former, well, phooey. If the latter, c'est la vie. > *wink* :-P Carey -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
